Jakiw Palij, a former Nazi concentration camp guard who lived an unassuming life in New York City for decades until his past was revealed and he was deported to Germany last year, has died, German media reported Thursday. He was 95.
Read moreThe removal of four German children from their family home due to their parents’ law-breaking decision to home school them did not violate human rights laws, a European court found Thursday.
Read moreThe European Court of Human Rights on Thursday rejected the appeal of a German couple who have been fighting for years to home school their kids, saying the government was within its rights to temporarily remove their children.
Read moreOfficials have returned a painting looted by the Nazis to heirs of a Jewish French politician and resistance figure who was executed during World War II.
Read morePersonal data and documents on hundreds of German politicians and others have been posted online, and the German government said authorities were examining Friday how the information was obtained.
Read moreAn explosion outside an office of the far-right Alternative for Germany party in an eastern town has damaged windows and doors in the building, drawing condemnation from a senior regional official. No one was hurt.
Read moreThe director of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence is urging Germany to return a Dutch masterpiece stolen by Nazi troops during World War II, dramatizing its absence by hanging a black and white photo of the work with the label “Stolen” in three languages.
Read moreThe director of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence is urging Germany to return a Dutch masterpiece stolen by Nazi troops during World War II.
Read moreTo expand its army, Germany may need to look at permitting other European Union citizens into the ranks of the Bundeswehr, top military leaders say — primarily from a pool of about 500,000 citizens of other EU countries who live in Germany.
Read moreGermany is closing its last black coal mines, ending an industry that laid the foundations for the country’s industrial revolution and its post-war economic recovery.
Read moreA German court said Thursday it won’t put on trial a former guard at the Nazis’ Majdanek death camp who was charged with being an accessory to murder, arguing that the 97-year-old is too sick to face court proceedings.
Read moreThe Washington-based Fulbright Association says its 2018 prize for international understanding will go to German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Read moreGermany has agreed to one-time payments for survivors, primarily Jews, who were evacuated from Nazi Germany as children, many of whom never saw their parents again, the organization that negotiates compensation with the German government said Monday.
Read moreThe insolvency administrator for bankrupt airline Air Berlin has sued its former largest shareholder, Gulf airline Etihad, for $2.26 billion in damages, a Berlin court said Friday.
Read moreThe German parliament has approved a third gender option for official records that will allow people to be registered as “diverse.”
Read moreAn EU high court adviser said Thursday that a German law subjecting Google and other search engines to demands for licensing fees for publishing excerpts from news articles should be blocked on procedural grounds.
Read moreThe European Union’s unique treaty on borders bars Germany from requiring bus drivers to check passports and residence papers of passengers entering German territory, the EU’s highest court ruled Thursday.
Read moreEurope’s highest court rapped a construction company Thursday for relying on a part-time worker’s gross wages, rather than his normal hourly rate, to calculate how much he was owed on annual leave.
Read moreA German law that gets funding for public broadcasting by charging every household a fee, regardless of the number of occupants or their media consumption, passed muster Thursday at the European Court of Justice.
Read moreThe trial of a former Nazi concentration camp guard has broken down over questions about the 95-year-old defendant’s health.
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